An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

During the Second World War ... of no overseas conscription. For his part, the Prime Minister remembered the riots and chaos that erupted in World War I after the government introduced conscription.

A Midland Second World War heroine who was part of the ... She later paraphrased Japanese messages at The Pentagon in the US, during the Pacific War, and was awarded France’s highest distinction ...